- Doctor of Music (Indiana University, USA)
- Master of Music (Indiana University, USA)
- Licenciado en Composicion (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina)
Head of Music Studies
Senior Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition
Contact Details for Dr Gerardo Dirie
Research/Creative Expertise
- International performances and publications of original compositions with ensembles and organisations such as the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the Continuum Ensemble in New York, the San Antonio Symphony in Texas, the Canadian Motion Ensemble, the Chile-USA Trio Montecino, Aktive Muzik in Germany, The National Geographic, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and soloists such as harpists Sirin Pancaroglu, Mercedes Gomez, violinist Tadashi Maeda, bassonists Benjamin Coelho, Ezequiel Feinguersch, and Alejandro Aizenberg, and pianists Paulina Zamora and Anthony de Mare.
Teaching and Other Experience
- Prize winner of the National Tribune of Electroacoustic Music in Argentina;
- Recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and Monica Mourier Archibald Grant, awards from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes and National Tribune of Composers in Argentina, NISIM-ASCAP, International Rostrum of Composers (UNESCO), Fran Snygg Grant for Artistic Collaboration;
- Associate Artist for the Indiana Repertory Theatre;
- Assistant Director to the Latin American Music Center;
- Associate Instructor of composition at Indiana University;
- Faculty member at the Indiana University School of Music;
- Founding member of Collegium Centre for Music Education and Research in Cordoba, Argentina, Mourier Archibald Grant.